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Rats swarm New Orleans' streets as coronavirus precautions leave them empty
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| 3/28/20
Posted on 03/28/2020 2:18:21 PM PDT by Libloather
Precautions put in place to slow the rise of coronavirus cases in New Orleans has inadvertently led to a rat problem for the Louisiana city. With restaurants closed save for take-out service, far less food waste is being discarded in the city's alleyways, driving the local rodent population out into the open to search for scraps.
New Orleans' famous Mardi Gras celebration brought thousands of tourists to the city, and medical experts believe it might be a big factor in the city's COVID-19 outbreak. Now with Bourbon Street's famous bars all closed and people social distancing, videos show dozens of rats scurrying through the empty streets.
"I turn the corner, there's about 30 rats at the corner, feasting on something in the middle of the street," one local restauranteur told CBS News' Omar Villafranca. He said he had "never" seen anything like it before.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Pets/Animals; Travel
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; democrats; dems; louisiana; neworleans; rats; shtthole
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To: wardamneagle
I think Lee might have been one of those Blue Dog Democrats.
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posted on
03/28/2020 4:37:31 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
To: metmom
Your post is chilling because it’s true. it’s do or die for America.
To: lurk
Time for
To: metmom
We have always had corruption at all levels of government. But there was a time when you could shame them out of it. Now when they are caught they just laugh.
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posted on
03/28/2020 5:16:34 PM PDT
by
hinckley buzzard
(Power is more often surrendered tha)
To: Libloather
Your pet rat objects to that remark.
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posted on
03/28/2020 5:20:51 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: blam
Wow. The person who offers food to one of those hungry monkeys will be covered with monkeys in seconds.
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posted on
03/28/2020 5:22:38 PM PDT
by
TChad
(The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
To: Libloather
Swarming vs walking around on a normal day - 6 of one, half dozen of the other.
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posted on
03/28/2020 5:24:46 PM PDT
by
GnuThere
To: TChad
Wow. The person who offers food to one of those hungry monkeys will be covered with monkeys in seconds Or become food for those monkeys.
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posted on
03/28/2020 5:25:41 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: Libloather
What a headline! I thought they were referring to the NOLA city council and their hapless mayor!
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posted on
03/28/2020 5:45:44 PM PDT
by
dowcaet
To: Libloather
Up next ... plague outbreak in New Orleans.
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posted on
03/28/2020 6:22:34 PM PDT
by
CapnJack
To: chris37
Remember, back in those days everybody in Louisiana was a democrat.
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posted on
03/28/2020 6:25:27 PM PDT
by
cabbieguy
("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up"can't be counted)
To: cabbieguy
They may still even be, but they only vote that way in Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport.
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posted on
03/28/2020 6:29:41 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
To: chris37
Barry Goldwater changed Louisiana from a democrat stronghold to a Republican fortress.
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posted on
03/28/2020 6:40:33 PM PDT
by
cabbieguy
("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up"can't be counted)
To: Libloather
Rats in New Orleans and coyotes in Seattle.
It reminds me of Earth Abides, a 1949 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer George R. Stewart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Abides
It kind of opened the door to post-apocalyptic novels.
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posted on
03/28/2020 6:44:55 PM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
(Liberalism is the belief everyone else should be in treatment for your disorder.)
To: SkyDancer
It still isn't worse than Australia.
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posted on
03/28/2020 7:14:13 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: Libloather
Sure, blame it on the shut down and lack of tourists.
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posted on
03/28/2020 8:31:03 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
To: Libloather
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posted on
03/29/2020 1:45:13 AM PDT
by
redinIllinois
(Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - mui issue voter)
To: Liaison
“I hope your comment is sarcasm as the mayor in NOLA already has blamed the outbreak on the feds and trump.”
Read my post again, because I DID say she blamed Trump for the covid-19 outbreak.
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posted on
03/29/2020 6:47:53 AM PDT
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: Libloather
Ioh I thought maybe Biden was having a fundraiser in NO.
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posted on
03/29/2020 9:56:08 PM PDT
by
HollyB
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